Our sister site - WW2Forum message: site may harm your computer?

Jim, what browser are you using? Did you open the site in more than 1 browser (IE, Firefox, Chrome)? If so open the browsers and clear their caches.

I don't think there is anything running on the server side that responds to a specific inbound IP. In this case it would have to be quite complex, feeding you one page and others a different one. If it was happening to lots of people I would suspect something odd going on with the site, but that's not the case.

When you have the site open, instead of using F5 to refresh it, try using CTRL-F5 (hold CTRL down and press F5). This does a full page refresh from the server. This may force an overwrite on any cookies or cached pages.

My guess is a persistent cookie of some kind. Also, when you clear your cache, sometimes open files cannot be deleted, this includes some cookies.

If CTRL-F5 doesn't fix it next thing I would do would be clear my cache, close the browser and then reopen the browser and try.

Run Disk Cleanup (make sure all browsers are closed - Go to Start - type "disk cleanup" into the search box and hit enter - select disk cleanup - when it runs select the drive you want to clean (usually C, click OK or Next - it checks your drive - then it shows you what it can remove - check off - Temporary Internet Files, Offline Web Pages, Recycle bin, Temporary files - then click OK, then agree to permanently delete them.

Failing that I would clear my cache, close the browser and reboot my machine.

Let me know if it works.

Wayne
WWFSMD?

 

Jim, what browser are you using? Did you open the site in more than 1 browser (IE, Firefox, Chrome)? If so open the browsers and clear their caches.

I don't think there is anything running on the server side that responds to a specific inbound IP. In this case it would have to be quite complex, feeding you one page and others a different one. If it was happening to lots of people I would suspect something odd going on with the site, but that's not the case.

When you have the site open, instead of using F5 to refresh it, try using CTRL-F5 (hold CTRL down and press F5). This does a full page refresh from the server. This may force an overwrite on any cookies or cached pages.

My guess is a persistent cookie of some kind. Also, when you clear your cache, sometimes open files cannot be deleted, this includes some cookies.

If CTRL-F5 doesn't fix it next thing I would do would be clear my cache, close the browser and then reopen the browser and try.

Run Disk Cleanup (make sure all browsers are closed - Go to Start - type "disk cleanup" into the search box and hit enter - select disk cleanup - when it runs select the drive you want to clean (usually C, click OK or Next - it checks your drive - then it shows you what it can remove - check off - Temporary Internet Files, Offline Web Pages, Recycle bin, Temporary files - then click OK, then agree to permanently delete them.

Failing that I would clear my cache, close the browser and reboot my machine.

Let me know if it works.

Wayne
WWFSMD?

Wayne,

TANKS for the information. I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes.

Jim

Ah.... Just as the photo shows, Ceiling Cat "moves" in wonderous and mysterious ways. Praise Ceiling Cat.

 

9: 26 PM PST Wednesday Aug 29th.

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Kilroy is here, but will be leaving shortly.

:thankyousign: . :mademyday:

 

Yesterday Avast was still popping up a message saying it detected a threat (trojan horse) when I went to WW2Forum and blocked the site. Today all is well with no protest so hopefully they have finally cleared that bugger out.

 

At long last the malware issue has been cleaned. We have the newest and hopefully safest version of the forum software available. I'll be posting an explanation of the problems we've had in a separate thread, but everyone's lack of malware alerts is for good reason, we are clean.
Thanks Otto! :mademyday: . :closed:

 

I am sorry to have only one life to spend, as opposite to my cat William otherwise I'd have more than a toehold in WW2F, but it's not the owner's fault that that forum is so damned engrossing and my blood pressure is so high already (or maybe it is!)

An impression I get is that a significant part of these problems that sometimes crop up may be deliberate, am I right?

 

(Except Jim, I don't want to hear any more from Jim on this, as it makes my brain hurt. )
~A


Here I had gone and dropped the subject, but you had to go and drag me back in.

Now that you have, I feel it is OK to express my considered opinion that it is just a matter of time before WW2F is re-infected. Perhaps if it were a kinder, gentler website, ..........? :p

Now take two aspirin and call a doctor in the morning.

 

An impression I get is that a significant part of these problems that sometimes crop up may be deliberate, am I right?

Wow! We agree about something. B)

 

Here I had gone and dropped the subject, but you had to go and drag me back in.

Now that you have, I feel it is OK to express my considered opinion that it is just a matter of time before WW2F is re-infected. Perhaps if it were a kinder, gentler website, ..........? :p

Now take two aspirin and call a doctor in the morning.

If it were kind and gentle women and kids would post. As brash as many think it is; it clearly does not deter those with diminished fortitude, and faculties, from posting their pedantic jibberish and conspiracy diatribes.

 

Wow! We agree about something. B)

Yes if you misread.

 

Again big problems at WWIIForum(it makes me mad):no way to post something (or even to send a PM):the answer still is :WWIIForum does not react,and my post is disappearing .

 

Sorry,but,if this is not changing,I will have to stop posting on WWII Forum : one can't expect that I will continue to waste 10 minutes to post 2 words .

 

Again big problems at WWIIForum(it makes me mad):no way to post something (or even to send a PM):the answer still is :WWIIForum does not react,and my post is disappearing .

Sorry,but,if this is not changing,I will have to stop posting on WWII Forum : one can't expect that I will continue to waste 10 minutes to post 2 words .

I just posted a test message and there have been 2 posts in the last 10 minutes from others.

If you were posting in the Winston Churchill/Appeasement thread, your posts are there.

 

The problems persist:the quick reply ,edit and cancel buttons only occasionally function: on average,I have to restart 4 times for a successfull post,which is very frustrating .

 

The problems persist:the quick reply ,edit and cancel buttons only occasionally function: on average,I have to restart 4 times for a successfull post,which is very frustrating .

I have no problems posting ......maybe there is a loose nut on your keyboard.

 

Update Java and see if that resolves the issue.

 

I don't have any problems there either. Never did really, except for the occasional ninja nut-case or nazi worshipper that shows up before being shown the door.

 

Might be a minor bug with the new phpbb software Otto installed.
I've noticed this too - using "Quick Reply"
(Mac OS 10.6.8 using Firefox... which itself has had lots of bugs in recent updates...)

Clicking "Reply to Thread" erases this issue for me.

But until the visitor rate and posting numbers increase dramatically... there's not much to be worth dropping into WW2f lately.

 

I've had no problems, similar to Jeff, Bobby, and Brad. WW2F works fine for me, apart from the occasional nut-case.